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A A THS ASSOCIATED PEEZ3 . DI3FATCIIS3 LAST EDITION. 4:00 P. II Weather ForecasV: Probably ahowera; colder. VOL. XIV. NO. 256. ASHEVJLLE, N. 0, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DECEMBER 3, 1909. So PER COPT TKRIEtlT n OF 1116 HIGH TIDE Parliamentary Body That Defied Precedent IGHTS SUIT Which Had Been Unbroken Three Hundred Years LOOKS U 2 CO?D "MOeLE-Y W'J I W 11 ' LORD LAN 3 DOW NE lOPn POTUSCHII n a 1 The President Sizes up Mr. Lo gan, and Reserves Judg . ment for the Time Being. SPEAKER CANNON IS NOW ON THE UOB Wife of an Insurgent Member Hears Speaker Say Unkind Things of Her Hus ' band. The Transport Prairie, Which Went Aground Last Night, Is Still Stuck In the Mud. MARINES TO BE TAKEN TO THE NEAR BY PORTS With This Done, and Cargo Lig htened the iTroop Ship May Be Floated This Afternoon. Special to The aaxette-Newa. Washington, Dec. 3 President Taft looked at W. E. Logan today, who went to the White House in company with Congressman Grant, and made formal application for the marshal ship. Mr. Dognn managed Mr. Grant's campaign and has his endorsement for the appointment. Th president carefully inspected Mr. Logan, but judgment is reserved. The Speaker There. Speaker Cannon is hero and right on the Job. So far as outward ap pearances go he is not the least bit cast down as the result of the fire that has been directed against him by the In surgent republican congressmen of his own political faith. In fact your 1'nrle Joseph appears as chipper as ever, and bears as lightly his years as It Is possible for a man who has celebrated his seventy-third birthday. The Boss of the House met all comers on his arrival in the city, and Inform ed them that he was far from relin quishing liia power, and as for the voluntary resignation story he de clared that that was nothing more than an idle dream. The most significant thing connected with the return to Washington of the speaker Is his admission to close per sonal friends that the next House of representatives will be controlled by -the democrats. ' Mr. Cannoii,"made the admission, eo the story goes, to n close newspaper friend, who went to Pittsburg to meet him. Seated oppo site to the speaker and his friend was the wife of an insurgent congressman who was also on her way to Wash ington for the winter. She henrd the name of her husband mentioned a number of times, and every time it was the object of abusive language. The Speaker was most positive in this conversation that the present split In the republican party In the House, and the dissatisfaction with the tariff bill, could have but one result, namely, a democratic house at the next con gressional election. The Speaker Frank. Speaker Cannon is refreshingly frank, which cannot be said of all re publicans In high places In Washing ton. Asked what would be the legls latlve program at the coming session, he said, "standing for republican pol icies" And then Mr. Cannon went on to say that there could be no compromise?" he asked. "What true publicans. "How can there be any compromise, he asked. "What true republican who believes In his party's solidarity, would for an Instant com promise with this minority element, . which would lead us on the rocks? They can have all the fight they want, and they can get more." Opposed to Judge Lotion. Opposition to the appointment of Judge Horace Lurton of Tennessee to be a member of the Supreme Court of the United States Is being voiced by member of the Senate Judiciary committee, which must first pass on the nomination before It can be con firmed by the senate. According to gossip about the capital three repub lican senators, who are members of the Senate Judiciary committee, are far front pleased with the president's selection. Moreover, there is the post tive statement from one quarter, that If certain objections prove as serious as they have been represented, the nomination will not and. cannot be confirmed. One of the objections that Judge Lurton, previous to the passage of the anti-free pass law, was In the habit of doing his travelling In private cars placed at hia disposal by the ratlroada in his district. Members of the committee have expressed the desire of having presented more in formation on this subject. - The fact Is recognised, that, prior to the passage of the Hepburn act, there was nothing In the laws Interfering with this In dulgence by federal judges, and while Continued on page three. Philadelphia, Dec. 3. The transport Pralria, which went aground In the Delaware river, S5 miles south of this city last night, while en route to Ontrul America, with 700 murines aboard, is still fast In the mud, with a prospect that the vessel will remain there until high tide this afternoon. The transport is lying easy In soft mud, and has thus fur sustained no damage. A determined effort was made to float the Prairie at high tldo this morning, but three tugs were unable move the vessel an inch. The Prai rie, in charge of a Delaware river pi lot, was going down the river at full eadway, when she struck. ,Tho heav- loaded vessel hit tho mud north of Pea Patch island. Hour Admiral Kimball and Captain Kellogg notified the Philadelphia navy yard of the mishap. Assistance was asked for. and Hear Admiral Harris, command ant of the navy yard, sent the tug Modere down tho river and enguged ily the Red Star line tugs Newcastle and Somers N. Smith, both powerful craft, to help the Modere. The tugs began pulling on the big ship before flood tide this morning. The failure of tho tugs to free the vessels was a great disappointment. ews of the unsuccessful efforts of the tugs was sent to the navy yard by wireless, and the government tug (Continued on pare 4.) ft FATAL ACCIDENT Rowley Pless Is Crushed by a Log That Rolled Over Him and Death Results. LITTLE GIRLS ME A PER LOUS Rods Forty Kiles Clinging to Rods Un der Passenger Train and 0n . Will Die. Milwaukee. Wis., Dec I. Two lit tie girls, Annie Smith and Lucy Lueke, In escaping from the reform school here, took a daring 40-mfle n1 to Jefferson Junction clinging to roils underneath a passenger train. The l ii.ii l f rl Is not expected to live M a i t i f Ii.t experience. gaM,a,awas)g't TT" " "'" '" " ' ' ' -;V m It ' I A. v.f ,...., I ; tzshsg-LL m.&lIM JT&k ecENe-iN.HOuse cu' loicoj at opekinkj of parliament ev KtNcrEDWAKD'vn.SHawiNa Tceice55es.m i FECIAL RESERVED -FOB.THEIVI. Application for Injunction A- gainst Aeroplane Manufac . turers Will Be Argued in United States Court. FLEXIBLE WING TIPS MAIN THING INVOLVED . KiWat If Suit Is Successful, Wrights Will Havt Practical Monopoly of Aerophane Construction. COLD WAVE HOVERS OVER NORTH WEST Aa a Result of the Strike of the Switchmen, Much Suffering, Owing to a Shortage of Fuel, Appears Inevitable Con ditions Far From Satisfactory. A BIG MOVE IN THE FINANCIAL WORLD Significance Is Attached to the Purchase, by Morgan ,of the Control of the Equitable Life May Fore shadow Another Move. Special to The Oazette-News. Canton, Deo. 3. Rowley Pless, Jr., young man about 22 years of age, and unmarried, employed at a logging camp near the head of Henson's cove, about six miles from here, met death this morning by being crushed by a rolling log. It seems that about 8 o'clock this morning young Pless was up on the mountain side with some other men, who were "snaking" logs with oxen, and In some way one of the lors. retting loose, rolled down the mountain side, knocked Pie down and rolled over him before he could move out of his tracks. His body was badly crushed. He waa a son or Rowley Flees, ana uvea near Cruso on the east fork of Pigeon. Ills body will be taken to Cruso for bursal. Boyd & Sorrels, the contractors who have been paving the streets and putting down concrete sidewalks, have completed their work. Tho Macadam waa treated with a crude oil, tome- thing like asphalt, and haa been giv ing satisfaction. The oil treatment prevent the dust. Canton now has mora than a mile and a half of Macadamised streets, the principal streets of the town being Improved. There la something more than two mllea of concrete sidewalks which add much to the town. The town Is Just completing a sidewalk to the new graded school building. Contractor M. H. Kelly or tne wa terworks system la going rapidly ahead with the pipe line to the In take and hopea soon to supply the town with water. The water will be turned on even before the reservoir Is completed, as there la a pressing de mand for city water. WAS IT STRANGULATION INSTEAD OF A MURDER ? St. Taul. Dec. 3. With n rolil wave hovering over tho northwext, mid a bllxsnrd raging, it Is feared much suf fering will result beeauRK of the de pletion of the coal supply, iluo to the switchmen's ptrike, practically tinn up traille on the northwest romlM, The conditions of the local terminals are biul toiliiy, the volume of freight hiiHineKS small, and passenger tralllc delayed. More strike brtukers were put to work this morning, nnd oltl clnlu say several hundred new men are expected today. The strikers any the men Imported are not railroad men and cannot do the work. No freight Is being received Crnokston mnl tho yar1-ni;itcr Kargo bian using horses tinlny move freight cunt for business nun. Horses arc hcing also useil lit other points. All (her at nulutli. IHlluth. Minn.. Doc. I. The hack bone of the mvi Itchmcn's strike win broken in Iuilulli this liniriilni,' nml couillllons me almost normal. I'orty four switchmen returned to work In the Northern I'sivltlc yards, and 1". al ; New York, Dee. 3. The purchase ' ii r the majority of the stock In the t" I,.l.tt .1.1.. I If., A UUKPil .... U....l..l.- I... J. l'leriiont Morgan Is regarded here iih a move of ast Importance to the llnanclal world, because of the pass ing of the control of nearly half a Milieu dull. us of assets and the nomi nation of two laige trust companies. It Is believed In Wall street to fore shadow a still more Important move more returned tills afternoon. This brings the total close to the former force. Kvcry railroad In the cit is receiving freight, and prices of neccs silica are swinging back to normal. lonaid tl'j Iviultable. MllllliW imitliallxnUoil ;irr or M'ONTIIOIj i:t;rni!i.i: if tin mik Pellagra Cases Observed; Are Users of Com Meal I Control of the K.i'ilable. which : was scented by Thomas K. 1 Kyan soon after the insurance seiin 'dals of Mime years ago, low passed to Morgan with the 472.- UUO.tluO of assets which the company ilii land in its last statement. The transfer, apart from Its magnitude a a chapter In the history of llmince, marks a complete reversal of the old order under which the Insurance com panies controlled the destinies of the hanks and trust companies. News of tin- transfer was contained 111 the following brief statement Issued from the niTlccs of Morgan and com pany: "Mr. Morgan has bought the ma jority of the stock of the ICipiltilble I .If" Assurance society, formerly own ed by Thomas Ityan. This pur chase is subject to the trust tinder which Urover Cleveland, Morgan J. 'llricit and Oeorgo Westlnghouse were made vnlluit trustees for the hem-fit of policyholders, and It cov ers all Mr. Kvan's Interest, including nil the stock purchusud by him from James II. Hyde." Montgomery, Ala., Dec. S. There have been BR deal lis from pellagra In Alabuma, for the first nine months of this year, according to the state health She Will Supply Fuel to Cruisers Sent to That Port to Protect American Interests. niirtnr. In Autmwv. Find Gum III Larjax of ClilUl Fouml Dead Yeatcrday. New York. Deo. 3. Doubt of the supposition that little Dottle Man nlnger. whose body was found yester day on the roof of a tenement house, waa the victim of a brutal murderer, la created by the statement pf physi cian performing an autopsy tnai piece of chewing gum waa found In the child's larynx. This may have caused death. The marks on the throt might have been caueed by paroxysms during , thx child's strangling. authorities. Thirty-eight rases are now under observation. Twvtity'pel lagni victims still living were habitual users of corn meal. L ORDERED TO PORT LION Washington. Deo. S. The collier Deonada, at Charleston, 8. C, was to day ordered to Port Llmon, Coata Rica. She will supply fuel to the cruisers Des Moines and Tacmno, am) the gunboat Metriatta, now lying off Port IJmon for the purpose of pro tecting American property and life In Nicaragua. To Prulxct Italian. Rome, Dec. 3. The foreign oAte has instructed Consul General Cam pari, at Managua, to arrange for the thorough protection of Italian subjects In Nicaragua. No News for lUxh-lguei. Washington, Dec. S. No news haa been received from his government today by Benor Felipe lloorlgue. charge d' affairs of the Micaraguan legation. Nothing haa come to mm since he Informed President Zelaya that the secretary of state had given him his passports. Kodrlguea will remain here until he gets Instruc tions. Ht Pallor Lost nt Boa. Washington. Dec. I. Hope of end ing Ave "Jackles." of the gunboat Marietta, off Port IJmon, who wro driven to St In a helpless whaleboat Friday night, has been abondoued. THE EAGLE AT I BUEFELD But Navy Officials Say She Hasn't Gun Aboard as Big as a Popgun. Washington, Dee, I. The V. B. 9. Eagle has arrived at Uluclh lds, Nica ragua, according to a dispatch re ceived at the navy department. The reaael is fitted nut for surveying, and according to navy officials "Hasn't a sun aboard, as big as a popgun." Her mission to Nlcnraguan waters Is for-surveying purposes. The Kagle has been at Port Llmon, Costa Rica, where the Des Moines, Tacoma and Marietta are located. It the little surveying vessel has gone on any mis sion for these vessels It la not admitted at the navy department. THE WKATHEIt: Forecast until I p. m., Saturday, for Ashevllle and vicinity: Threaten ing weather. With probably occasional showers tonight or Saturday, folio1 ed by fulling temperature Saturday afternoon. A Flngniaii Killed. Chicago, Dee. 8. -Dennis Kelly, flagman, was killed today while trying to save a woman who was standing bewildered on the track In front of an approaching train. May Pull Off the Fight at Sak Lake City, Utah New York, Deo. 3. The lmttlo be tween Jeffries and Johnson nmy ne held at Holt Uike City, ltefore the two fighters signed the final articles, "Tex" Ktckiird said: "I am assured the light can be held In Utah. If that s the case, I think tho Jeffrie- Johnson contest will be held at Hall tjike City." RUEF BREATHES Final Artii Icm signed for lilg light. New York, lec. 3. Final articles for the heavyweight championship light of Jeffries ami Johnson were signed this afternoon. They will light forty-live rounds or more In either rtith or Callformn. before 'Tex" lllch artlH' club, July 4. A referee will be selected 0 days liefore the contest. Iluffahi. N. Y., Doe 3. A legal Pght that will cause a stir In tho aeronauti cal world will have Its first airing In court here tomorrow, when Judge ; Hazel of the fnlted States Iltrlet court will hear arguments on tho ap plication or Wilbur nnd Orvillo Wright for a preliminary Injunction reetraln- j Ing (tlenn It, Ourtlss and the Herring I Curtlss company of llamniondsport, j N. V.. from making, using or selling ; the uo-calleil Curtlss aeroplane, and particularly restraining the defend I ants from conducting public exhibi tions and tllghls of such machines. The outcome of the contest will be , watched eagerly hy persons Interested In ai lonaiitlcs, both in America and ' In Kurope. ! The gist of the claim made) by the i Wrights is that the new Herrlng i Curtiss aeroplane, which was built for the Aeronautic society, contnlns sev eral Infringements of the Wright pat ents, which are registered at Wash ington nnd In practically every clvll- i lead country. The main Infringement, , it Is alleged, lies In the use of the flexible wing tips which give stability to the aeroplane, particularly when glld'iig or making turns. Should the Wrights be successful In I the federal courts nnd procure the i Injunction they usk for they WIU Uttv j almost a world-wide monopoly of ae I rtiplanes construction at Its present I stage, for there Is hardly a heavier ! than-nir Hying machine of any conao j iliiciice which does not use (he flexible i wing tip In one form or another. ! I'veti the Itlerlot machine In which 1 the French aviator crossed the Eng ! lisli channel Inst summer, though a monoplane, and thus essentially dlf- fereiit In Its construction from the j Wright Dyer, has flexible tips at the j extremity of Its wings or planes and : would be practically useless without them. The Wrights have advanced their i claims Informally when comparing I their machine with others, but this is j the llrst overt step they have taken to establish their sole right to use the flexible tips, other aeronautical en ghiicrs have decried the Idea that the Wright patents gave, them the sole right to use this device, and have stall d that long before the Wrights I .lid any work In the invention of fly ing machines lllrnm Maxim. Chanute land others had devised the flexible i tip Idea and had adopted It In one I form or another to aeroplane con struction. The cep plaint of the Wrights to : vcrv speclllc, and reads: "That the defendant, alleging to be ! formed for the purpose of promoting jnerlal flying, procured the Herring ! Curtlss company and one Olenn H. j Curtlss. personally, both of Ham mondsport, N. Y., to make the flying mnehlne herein complained of and delivered them to the defendant (the Aeronautic society), under whose aus pices the said Olenn H. Curtlss Is giv ing public exhibition tllghls with the said Infringing flying machines within the jurisdiction of this court" The Wright flying machine factory at Dayton, Ohio, the brothers allege, is suffering financially from the In fringement of these patents, and the brothers ask that when their losses have been estimated they be awarded three times the amount compensatory and punitive damages. AIR OF FREEDOM That Is, It Is Partial Freedom, and Cost His Friends a Very Large Sum. Ban Francisco, Dec. S. Abraham Ruef, for many years the dominating factor In Ban Francisco politics, who was arrested a year Bto following the shooting of Prosecuting Attorney Heney, waa released at midnight last night, on bonds aggregating 1300,000. IX)NDOK FOO IV CHICAGO, TWO tiTHF.CT CAIl ACCIDENTS lK)wn Seriously Injured Objw-t Can Ue Keen Only m Few Fee Away. Chicago. Dee. I. A dense fog, which covers Chicago today, caused two street car collisions. In which a doxena persons were seriously Injured. In the streets the darkness waa mi mtens that vehicles Were lslbl only a few feet away. ., NOW 15 THE PRISON BARS Circuit Court of Appeals Denies Motion lor Re-Hearing In the John D.Walsh Case. PALMER AND HER CARGO ARE LOST; CREW SAVED S) Is a Total Wreck, and lb Total loss) Probably Antonnta lo SlnO.OOO. Chicago, Dec. 3. John Tt. Walsh, convicted of misapplying funds of the Chicago Najlonal bank, who was sen tenced to Ave years In the penitentiary, was denied a re-hcnrlng of his appeal by the Circuit Court of Appeals this morning. Walsh la now In custody of a Cnlted PtHtes nwrshall. The denlul of the motion leaves Welsh without recourse. Only tho Cnlted States Su premo court can stay the execution of the sentence. SON WAS DEING OPF.IUTED VPOV: MOTIIFIl HWOO.NFJ) AND DIED Evsnsvllle. Ind.. Deo. I Mrs. 'Wil liam Putler. while witnessing an op eration on her son. swooned, and died while physicians were trying to re vive her. Beaufort, N1. C, Dee. S. The four masted schooner, Marie Palmer, bound from Carteret. N. J.. to Savan nah, which stranded on Frying Pan shoals Wednesday night, Is now a hopeless wreck and her cargo a total loss. The wreckers are at work salv ing the strlppings. All the crew of the Palmer were saved by the revenue cutter Seminole, which went to the atranded vessel's assistance last night. The Seminole Is proceeding to Wilmington, with Cap lain Cheney and crew. It Is esti mated that the loss of the vessel and cargo amounts to 1160,000. Cabinet Members Are Reticent. Washington, Dec. I. The regular meeting of the cabinet today lasted two hours. The members were dis posed not to talk of the business be fore the session. Secretary Knox Is under-' 1 ' have taken tip wtih th I Nlcti r: t-Msi n Bihi' . ' us in I I
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